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Neil Diamond

Watch a musical legend perform at the United Center in Chicago when Neil Diamond takes the stage. Diamond's string of signature songs stretches back to the 1960s with "America," "Solitary Man," "Cherry, Cherry," "Sweet Caroline," "I'm a Believer," "Kentucky Woman" and countless others. And with his 2014 album Melody Road, the hits keep coming. Diamond has sold more than 100 million albums, his tunes have been covered by the likes of Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and The Monkees, and his electrifying live show has spawned dozens of tribute acts. Here's your chance to see the real Diamond live in concert.

Dan Savage's Hump! Film Festival

There's a big difference between the grainy amateur pornography you might find on the internet and the thoughtful, sexually explicit short films submitted to the Hump! Film Festival each year. Curated by Seattle's pre-eminent sex and love columnist Dan Savage, Hump! invites ordinary people to become temporary porn stars by making their own five-minute dirty movie for a chance to win cash prizes. The resulting shorts show sex across a range of styles (straight, gay, lesbian, transgender), and are as funny, artistic and thought-provoking as they are outrageous. See the 18 hottest films from this year's submissions when the Hump! Film Festival comes to Chicago's Music Box Theater.

Title and Deed

For its New York run in 2012, The New York Times and The New Yorker both hailed Title and Deed as one of the top 10 shows of the year. Now Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Eno's (Thom Pain [based on nothing]) travelogue lands at Lookingglass Theatre, with Chicago's Michael Patrick Thornton (ABC's Private Practice) filling the shoes of the lead fellow in his circuitous journey "from somewhere to somewhere else." In Title and Deed, Eno enters the territory of Samuel Beckett, penning a whimsical and soul-searching meditation on life, language and our perennial search for home.

Lyric Opera of Chicago: Carousel

The Good Wife's Steven Pasquale and Tony nominee Laura Osnes (Cinderella) star in the new Lyric Opera production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel, which Time magazine called the best musical of the century. Charming carnival barker Billy and naive millworker Julie meet and fall in love. But when Billy is coerced into taking part in a robbery and is caught, he takes his own life. Fifteen years later, he's sent down to earth for one day to set things right with his wife and the daughter he never knew. With signature tunes like "If I Loved You," "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" and "You'll Never Walk Alone," it's easy to see why this powerful love story was Rodgers and Hammerstein's personal favorite. Catch this Broadway classic at the Civic Opera House in Chicago.

Third Eye Blind and Dashboard Confessional

Third Eye Blind and Dashboard Confessional -- two of the biggest alternative rock acts of the last 20 years -- are teaming up to bring you all the sing-along hits you love on this epic co-headlining summer tour. Propelled by Chris Carrabba's intimate lyrics, sweeping acoustics and charismatic stage presence, Dashboard Confessional stands as one of the biggest alternative bands of the 2000s. Critically acclaimed and embraced by a legion of fans, Dashboard's brand of alternative rock swept through a generation who embraced their emotionally charged albums and sold-out arenas. Third Eye Blind made it into the Top 10 charts multiple times in the '90s with songs like "Semi-Charmed Life," "Jumper" and "How's It Going to Be," which secured the San Francisco rock band as one of the top acts of its time. See them live alongside Dashboard Confessional at the FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island.